Percentage and Sport Worksheet
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Percentage and Sport Worksheet
Use sports statistics to answer each question. Show your working clearly.
1. A cricket player scored 64 runs out of a possible 80. What percentage of the possible runs did they score?
2. A football team won 18 out of 30 games. What percentage of games did they win?
3. A rugby team scored tries on 15 out of 24 visits to the opposition's 22-metre area. What percentage of visits resulted in a try?
4. A stadium has a capacity of 45,000. For a match, 36,000 seats are filled. What percentage of the stadium is occupied?
5. A basketball player attempted 60 shots and scored on 42 of them. What was their shooting percentage?
6. An athletics club has 120 members. 45 of them compete in sprinting events. What percentage of the club are sprinters?
7. A tennis player won 85% of their first-serve points. They served 140 first serves in a match. How many first-serve points did they win?
8. In a Premier League season, a goalkeeper saved 68 out of 80 shots on target. What was their save percentage?
9. A cricket team's batting average improved from 260 runs per match to 312 runs per match over a season. Calculate the percentage increase.
10. A football club's average attendance fell from 28,000 to 21,000. Calculate the percentage decrease.
11. In a season, a footballer scored 12 goals from 40 shots on target. In the following season, they scored 15 goals from 50 shots on target. Did their conversion rate improve? Show working to justify your answer.
12. A swimming club entered 25 swimmers in a regional competition. 60% qualified for the final. How many swimmers qualified?
13. A rugby team won 70% of their matches this season. They played 40 matches in total. How many matches did they win?
14. A long-jumper's best jump improved from 6.40 m to 6.72 m. What was the percentage improvement?
15. In a county cricket season, a bowler took wickets in 30% of the overs they bowled. They bowled 80 overs in total. How many overs did they take at least one wicket in?
16. A Premier League team's ticket prices rose from £45 to £54. Calculate the percentage increase.
17. In a penalty shootout, Team A scored 4 out of 5 penalties and Team B scored 3 out of 4 penalties. Which team had the higher conversion rate? Give your answers as percentages.
18. A sports club has 350 members. 42% are female. How many female members are there?
19. An athlete's 100 m personal best improved from 12.50 seconds to 11.75 seconds. Calculate the percentage improvement, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
20. A football league table shows a team with 57 points from a possible 87. What percentage of available points have they collected? Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
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